Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-24841
The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2021-24841
- cpe:2.3:a:helpful_project:helpful:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-24841
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 20 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-24841
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
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2.9
|
NIST | |
4.8
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
1.7
|
2.7
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-24841
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: contact@wpscan.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-24841
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d11acf-8c47-40da-be47-24f74fd7566e
Attention Required! | CloudflareExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Helpful-5b10bc7f40ab319f9797eb4abad4f420660.pdf
Please Wait... | CloudflareExploit;Third Party Advisory
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